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Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2025 Apr 04
Poetry of the Week
The Rhodora
- Ralph Waldo EmersonRhodora! if the sages ask thee why
This charm is wasted on the earth and sky,
Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,
Then Beauty is its own excuse for being:
Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose!
I never thought to ask, I never knew:
But, in my simple ignorance, suppose
The self-same Power that brought me there brought you.Posted: 2025 Apr 04
Tag Archives: Technology
Partly Truth, Partly Fiction
My spam folder is full. Again. There’s a photo from Pam and a document from Louella, neither of whom I know. The Apple Store wants me to update my information; PayPal wants me to verify my account information. The US … Continue reading
Do You Believe in Magic?
Exploring the Rubik’s Cube again, for the first time. Continue reading
Just Click
Some thoughts on the silliness of spam. Continue reading
Tool for this Task
Spring will come, as will spam. Enlivened by two videos! Continue reading
The Law of No Free Lunch
Musings on the inevitable trade-offs in life and the odd things we lose when we gain time: recognizable signatures, for one. Continue reading
Never Let It Rest
Hacking my way through the 947-step process required to set up my new laptop, I come face-to-screen with a failure to communicate, caused, perversely, by a commitment to continual improvement. Continue reading
Inestimably Inscrutable
7 minutes left I’m syncing my laptop to my Dropbox account — my online back-up — and the application is helpfully telling me how much longer it will take. My nearly catastrophic hard-drive crash last September led to this good … Continue reading
A Trial Separation
It’s the equivalent of at least three full flights up to the airport lounge, but I head to the stairs. As I round the first landing, it hits me. I’m all alone on this climb. I mean, I knew it … Continue reading
Clams Got Feet: Do Computers Cheat?
It isn’t that I mind losing fair and square. Yeah, yeah, OK, I absolutely detest losing under any conditions, but I accept that I will lose sometimes if the game is hard enough to be interesting. Continue reading